Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Philips Wouwerman
Figures and horses on the shore, with sailing boats beyond
No reserve
Lot Closed
December 9, 04:00 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Follower of Philips Wouwerman
Figures and horses on the shore, with sailing boats beyond
bears signature on the package in centre: PW
oil on oak panel
unframed: 36.9 x 49.7 cm.; 14½ x 19⅝ in.
framed: 56 x 68.1 cm.; 22 x 26¾ in.
With K. Dittrich, Brno;
From whom acquired by a private collector, Czech Republic, after 1945;
From whom confiscated and deposited at the Olomouc Museum of Art (inv. no. D 464), in 1958;
Returned to the heirs of the original owner in 1993, when loaned to the Olomouc Museum of Art.
From whom acquired by a private collector, Czech Republic, after 1945;
From whom confiscated and deposited at the Olomouc Museum of Art (inv. no. D 464), in 1958;
Returned to the heirs of the original owner in 1993, when loaned to the Olomouc Museum of Art.
Kroměříž, Archbishop's Palace, 1978-1997, on loan;
Olomouc, Olomouc Museum of Art, 1997-2021, on loan.
Olomouc, Olomouc Museum of Art, 1997-2021, on loan.
L. Machytka, Nizozemské malířství ve sbírkách olomoucké oblasti, 2 vols, unpublished dissertation, Olomouc 1970, vol. II, p. 382;
L. Machytka and G. Elbelová (eds), Netherlandish Painting of the 16th-18th centuries from Olomouc Collections. Olomouc Picture Gallery, vol. II, Olomouc 2000, p. 154, no. 112, reproduced (as a copy from the 2nd half of the 17th century).
L. Machytka and G. Elbelová (eds), Netherlandish Painting of the 16th-18th centuries from Olomouc Collections. Olomouc Picture Gallery, vol. II, Olomouc 2000, p. 154, no. 112, reproduced (as a copy from the 2nd half of the 17th century).
This is one of a number of copies of the prime version by Philips Wouwerman, which was sold at Sotheby's, London, 7 May 2020, lot 55.1